British Raid Targets Zeebrugge and Ostend Sub Bases
British and Australian forces push Germans from Villers-Bretonneux near Amiens with heavy fighting across Picardy. American troops engage on the front as Zeebrugge and Ostend harbor raids disrupt the German submarine bases with block ships and storming sorties conducted by Vice Admiral Roger Keyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Samthe
Flanders
Atullens
Villers Brettonneux
Amiens
Albert
Montdidier
Villers Brettone
Maris
Marther
Ward
Admiralty
Roger Keyes
Dover
Brilliant
Sirius
Iphigena
Intrepid
Thetis
Vindictive
Mole
Grand Fleet
Naval Marine
Germany
Holland
Netherlands
Berlin
Daughters of Republic Elect Leaders at Texas Convention
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas wrapped up their thirty seventh annual convention in San Antonio with new officers led by life president general Rebecca J. Fisher of Austin. Other officers include Clara Driscoll Sevier, Cornelia Branch Stone, and several regional appointees. Special resolutions praised Major George Littlefield, Captain A C Schreiner, and George Brackenridge for educational philanthropy, plus thanks to Governor Webb for San Jacinto battlefield gains. A final resolution seeks representation for a San Jacinto Chapter member on the San Jacinto commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Rebecca J. Fisher
Austin
Clara Driscoll Sevier
Cornelia Branch Stone
Galveston
Arthur Geissler
Oklahoma City
J. B. Kincaid
H. M. Newton
Maude M. McDonald
Charles F. Alford
Nettie Houston Bringhurst
L. G. Kreisle
Victoria
Robert L. Henry
Waco
Walter Gresham
CH. Milby
Harrisburg
C. B. Stone
Sevier
George W. Littlefiel
State University
A. C. Schreiner
Werrville
Harris County halts trial for saloon case in ten mile zone
Harris county officials ruled that three saloons near Humble lie just beyond the ten mile zone after a survey. Five men arrested for violating the zone law will not face trial due to the findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Spring
Humble
Harris County
General Strike Hits Waco Labor Union Action
A general strike began at 12 o'clock Sunday night in Waco Texas after a labor meeting. About twenty seven unions with roughly two hundred members joined the stoppage. The strike followed a demand for shorter hours and union recognition by trainmen of the Texas Electric Railway who quit March 9 when their request was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Lexus Electric
Wis
Sixty Six Japanese Ships Secured for U S War Use
Negotiations between Ambassador Morris the Japanese government and ship builders have ended. Sixty six steamers totaling 514000 tons deadweight will be handed to the United States for wartime use with deliveries starting April this year and continuing through June 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Morris
United States
Southern California Quake Shakes Inland Towns
An earthquake struck Sunday at 3 30 p.m. shaking all of Southern California and parts of western Arizona and Utah. Hemet and San Jacinto were wrecked, with minor damage in nearly every town. The quake was strongest inland but felt along a Barstow to coast line.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Arizona
Utah
Hemet
San Jacinto
Riverside
Barstow
Convicted of False Swearing in El Paso
George Liebscher alias Frederick Dechane sentenced to three years in federal prison after false swearing to be born in France to obtain citizenship. Evidence showed he was a native of Germany and an American soldier at arrest. He visited German consulates in Mexico before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
George Liebscher
Frederick Dechane
Sriday
Liebscher
France
Germany
Mexico
Sheriff Seizes Flour and Sugar in Palestine
Sheriff Guinn and a government agent confiscated several sacks of flour and a large quantity of sugar from homes in Palestine on Tuesday. The cases will be handled by federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Tex
Guinn
Onion shipments from Laredo top 447 carloads in 1918
Onion shipments from the Laredo section of the 1918 crop totaled 447 carloads with daily deliveries averaging thirty carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Mexican troops entrenched at river threaten border
The report notes a sizable Mexican federal force concentrated in the Ojinaga Juarez sector with reinforced patrols on the American side along the Rio Grande. Entrenchments are seen opposite Fabons and near the Pig Bend district amid warnings of possible invasion and anti-American propaganda in Chihuahua. Local oil output and coastal fields also update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
United States
Ojinaga-Juarez
International Line
Bio Bend
Fabons
Texas
Il Paso
Pig Bend
Mexico
Juarez
Ojinaga
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Uncle Sam
Rairoad
Mexico & Orient
State banks show deposits fall in latest Texas report
Austin Texas March 4 1918 total deposits in state banks and trust companies fell to 206 494 963 a drop of 9 411 191 from the prior call while loans and discounts rose by 18 115 819 and the guaranty fund increased 61 948 to 1 535 094 the commissioner noted in the condensed statement of condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Charles O. Austin
Texas
Amerman Houston's New Mayor Nominated
In Houston Texas Judge A E Amerman won the Democratic mayoral nomination over D S Cage as turnout fell under 6000 votes amid a city primary. The vacancy created a reassignment of J C Hutcheson to the federal court in the southern district of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerman
Houston
Tex
A. E Amerman
D. S. Cage
J. C. Hutcheson
Federal Court For
Southern District of Texas
Auto makers meet to curtail passenger car production
Leading automobile manufacturers and government officials agreed to a voluntary curtailment of passenger automobile manufacture totaling 75 percent after July 1. A 30 percent curtailment order remains in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tue
Administration and War Industries Board
Dates Set for Texas Egg and Poultry Show
The Texas Egg and Poultry Show will run May 8 to 11 in Houston Texas after a delay from April 25 to 26 due to venue issues. The postponement was necessary because promoters could not secure a suitable location for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Government seizes Bosch Magneto plants in Springfield and Plainfield
The government has taken over the Bosch Magneto Company plants at Springfield Massachusetts and Plainfield New Jersey after investigation showed the firm was entirely enemy owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bosch Magneto Company
Springfield Mass
Plainfield, N. J
Draft Evaders Sentenced in Federal Court
In Laredo Texas on Wednesday federal court sentenced a number of draft evaders to jail terms. Upon completion of their sentences they are to be delivered to the United States marshal for surrender to military authorities or to the draft boards of the patriots’ birthplaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
United States
Planes Wrecked at College Station
Two planes from Ellington Field were wrecked in tree tops on the A and M college campus and farm as they attempted to resume their homeward trip after delivering two loads of radio apparatus to the signal corps service company school at College Station for radio mechanics training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Tex
Ellington Field
A and M College
Signal Corps Service Company School For Radio Mechanics
Cuero Man Heads Compress Men
Cuero Texas residents elect Victor J Grunder president and Raymond Ford secretary to form the Southwest Texas Compress Association. The group plans a meeting next at Lockhart and will coordinate compress workers across South Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero
Tex
Compress Men
South Texas
Victor J. Grunder
Raymond Ford
Seguin
Southwest Texas
Court postpones Hollingsworth ten mile dry zone case
The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday granted another one week postponement at the state's request for the Hollingsworth case challenging the ten mile dry zone act. The state sought more time to prepare its brief and a full court to hear the argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Hollingsworth
Negro to Hang for Criminal Assault in Huntsville
After thirty minutes of deliberation on Friday the jury found Bubber Calhoun guilty of criminal assault on a white woman. The court sentenced him to death for the March crime at the Milwee log camp in Walker county precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
Bubber Calhoun
Milwee Log Camp
Walker County
Everman Chosen to Succeed Buckner at Union Terminal
J W Everman, representative of the American Railway Association, was elected Tuesday to succeed Murrell L Buckner as secretary treasurer and superintendent of the Union Terminal Company in Dallas Fort Worth area. He is engaged at Fort Worth directing movements of troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
J. W. Everman
American Railway Association
Fort Worth
Murrell L. Buckner
Union Terminal Company
Shots Fired Across Border At El Paso Stock Yards
American cavalry patrol exchanges fire with forces across the Rio Grande at El Paso stock yards. Ten shots from the patrol provoke a volley from the Mexican side before action ceases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Union
Governor Hobby Urges Cotton Ban in Pink Boll Worm Zones
Austin Texas Governor William P Hobby issued a proclamation urging cotton growers in Brazoria Galveston Chambers Liberty Jefferson Hardin and Harris counties to refrain from planting cotton in zones certified infested by pink boll worm. He cites a legal defect but stresses compliance to prevent federal quarantine and protect Texas cotton interests.
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Austin
Tex
WP. Hobby
Texas
Brazoria
Galveston
Chambers
Liberty
Jefferson
Hardin
Harris
Commissioner of Agriculture
Hobby
W. D. Hunter
Federal Horticultural Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Largest Budget in History Budget Speech by Bonar Law
London. Andrew Bonar Law in introducing the budget in the house of commons called it the largest in history. He said expectations of US aid to entente allies were fulfilled. British loans to allies last year totaled 565 million pounds while the United States advanced 950 million dollars to all allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
United States
Earthquakes Terrify Martinique Amid Ongoing Shocks
Earth tremors have been felt for five days in Fort de France Martinique since Sunday. Historical note recalls the 1962 May Mount Pelee eruption which killed about 20 000 on Martinique and destroyed St Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de France
Martinique
Mount Pelee
Martinque
St. Pierre
Lightless Nights in Texas Suspended
The lightless nights order for Dallas and surrounding areas is suspended until September 1. The suspension was issued by Washington and received by Wiley Blair, federal fuel administrator for Texas, on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Wiley Blair
Texas
Washington
Travel into Mexico halted by border official
Americans attempting to enter interior Mexico through the Brownsville Matamoros gateway were stopped Monday when Consul G C Woodward of Matamoros refused to issue a visa passport due to revolutionary conditions in Tamaulipas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico
Brownsville-Matamoros
G. C. Woodward
Matamoros
Tamaulipas
Fire wipes out Lake Erie & Western shops in Lima
Three fires in the Lake Erie & Western railroad shops in Lima wiped out a $500,000 plant. Fire crews battled the flames as the Toledo area line suffered extensive damage and work stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio
Lake Erie & Western
Armed Mexicans Drive Off Stock In Border Raid
Armed Mexicans crossed the border in the Big Bend district Sunday and drove off a number of horses and cows from the White ranch in El Paso Texas, according to local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Big Bend
White Ranch
Potato Crop Sold at 75 Cents a Bushel in Texas
Dr. Rogers sold his 900 acres of potatoes to a Chicago firm at 75 cents per bushel in Engle Lake Texas. The deal transfers all crop potential from the current acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engle Lake
Tex
Rogers
Chicago
Railroad plans 100000 freight cars to aid war effort
Orders for 100000 freight and coal cars with a large proportion of steel will be placed this week by the railroad administration with about fifteen leading manufacturers to conserve steel for shipbuilding and other war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railroad Administration
Oldest Member of House of Commons Dies in Belfast
Samuel Young aged 96, the oldest member of the British house of commons, has died in Belfast on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Commons
Belfast
Ireland
Samuel Young
House of Commons
Guatemala Declares Neutral Stance With European Belligerents
Guatemala’s national assembly this week declared the republic will occupy a position toward the European belligerents equal to that of the United States. The statement aligns Guatemala with U S policy amid the war context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Guatemala City
National Assembly
Republic of Guatemala
United States
President Signs Sabotage Bill In War Materials Act
President Wilson signed a sabotage bill setting penalties of 10000 dollars and up to thirty years in prison for destroying war materials or interfering with war industries in Washington on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Fatal Boiler Explosion Kills Engineer in Beaumont
Beaumont Texas Tuesday fatal boiler blast kills B B Horton locomotive engineer on a freight train. The accident occurred as the engine failed during operation. Authorities investigated the blast and transport officials noted the loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont, Tex
B. B. Horton
Beaumont
Government to commandeer wool in warehouses at July prices
Government announces it will seize all raw wool now stored in warehouses at the prices prevailing on July 30. If owners refuse to sell at that price, the wool will be commandeered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greatest German aviator Richthofen killed in France
Baron Richthofen the famed German airman was shot down and killed behind British lines on the Somme front. He is credited with shooting down 80 Allied flyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Local boast on virtue and neighborly standing
A brief self description claiming superior virtue over neighbors, emphasizing moral standing and social distinction within the community.
La Creole Hair Dressing Promises Youthful Hair Color
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing to hide gray hair and restore a uniform dark shade. It claims benefits for hair, beard, and mustache, urging use on the scalp with quick visible results and offering a $1.20 direct purchase from Van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co. in Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Vleet-Mansfield Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
From Divorce Court To The Stage Phrase
A fragment notes a path from divorce court to a stage career. The item hints at a personal career transition without naming individuals or places.
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Villers-Brettonneux
Villers-Trettonneux
Flanders Salient
Patten
Wytsehaete
Perhinke
Daughters OF Republic
Rebecca J. Fisher of
U.S. A
Ojinaga-Juarez Sector
Goose Creek
Louisiana
Everman
Buckner
Peruna Company
Columbus
Tia
Fletcher
Baby
Wright
Pearl St
New York
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Dr. Pierce
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